"ملف ٥ /١ VI شركة نفط الكويت" [و‎‎١‎٨‎١] (٦٢٠/٣٦٦)

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D. .i!0.25C-r> of 1953 •
Tiie r eoidency,
Buahlre# tno I7tn Uarcn 1955.
i?lea8<s refer to prr&gr&pii 3 of tne Secretary of
State’s Private and Personal telegram to me of til arreh
on the subject of Kuwait Oil.
2. I in ve been reporting develop *e to re they
occurred, niy last communication being my printed let ©r llo.
16 to the Government of India), dated 21st February
1933. 1 am, however, asking iickson to send me fortnightly
reports, which I shall pass on to you. Anything of
importance will, of course, be reported separately with the
least del^y.
In this connection 1 would invite attention to my
Printed letter i<o.l9 (220-3 to the Government of India),
dated the 16th March, in the enclosure.to which Dickson
reporta two journeys of the Oh&ikh of Kuwait across his
Southern boundary, ostensibly for hunting, in company,
nno*:gBt others, of Holmes* ’jackal’, Mohammed Yatlra.
latter’s presence suggests that the journeys may have
been connected with the question of oil concessions in the
Kuwait-Uejd Ueutral ^on© and in Hasp.
4. Under my printed letter I^o.oA (982-3 to tn©
Government of India), dated 30th December 1932, I reported
that Holmes had delivered to the Shaikh a message irom the
Eastern and General Syndicate inviting him to London as
their/
C. Parkinson,Ssq.,
C. .... (1 *, ' * • ■ : - j *
Colonial office,
London.